We have a fair amount of this in our backyard. I'm pretty sure it is not poison ivy but it looks remarkably similar. It has prickly line vines that hurt when you are barefoot, but otherwise don't seem to bother anyone. 
We have a fair amount of this in our backyard. I'm pretty sure it is not poison ivy but it looks remarkably similar. It has prickly line vines that hurt when you are barefoot, but otherwise don't seem to bother anyone.
Leaves of Three... Nuke from Orbit.
I'm no plant guy, but if it does not have a smooth stem/vine, then it isn't poison ivy. I tend to just nuke anything with 3 leaves so I don't have to look that close the next time. If it wanted to live, it shouldn't be on my property with 3 leaves.
Looks like wild blackberry or other brambleberry vines to me. We have a ton here. Ours produce edible fruit but it’s mostly seed so chew carefully!!
It’s the GRM plant, don’t all members have them growing in their yards?
Not poison ivy. Looks like the wild strawberries that we get around here, so dculberson is probably right on the money. Ours don't have pricklies.
It's not poison ivy. If you're mowing it regularly, it could be blackberry (not to be confused with black raspberry). It only flowers and becomes brier-like on second-year growth.
Eat some. If it kills you, it's bad. If it tastes good, make a salad. If you see space monsters, send me some.
Looks like Virginia creeper to me.
The leaf shape is something you can get with a blackberry, raspberry, dewberry, or strawberry. Strawberries usually don't have enough thorns to be a nuisance, but the only way to know for sure is to let it grow up and have berries.
I agree, some type of berry, looks like strawberry to me but there are several plants that can look similar.
I'm thinking wild strawberry as well.
Wild strawberry doesn't have thorns. Virginia Creeper doesn't have thorns and has leaves in 5 groups for the most part. Sometimes it'll have leaves in groups of 3 but only a few here or there, not a whole vine.
Apis: That was interesting, I didn't know that brambleberries only flower and bear fruit on the second year of their growth! That makes a ton of sense though based on what I've seen here.
Grapes are the same. Only vines that are 2 years old produce fruit. That's why pruning is necessary.
What part of the country are you in?
Toebra said:What part of the country are you in?
South eastern MA. Not far from Cape Cod.
Sell it to idiot rich cod kids as reefer.
Virginia Creeper only has three leaves when they are still small, the mature leaves have groups of 5, I have a ton of it growing around my place, along with the real deal poison Ivy that if I look at it funny will incur a doctors visit for a steroid shot and some bad days.
Mndsm said:Sell it to idiot rich cod kids as reefer.
Unfortunately it's all heroine on the cape now.
Every Virginia creeper in my yard is attached to 18 million feet of vine and tearing it out of the lawn rips up huge long swaths of stuff. I am not a fan.
Mndsm said:Eat some. If it kills you, it's bad. If it tastes good, make a salad. If you see space monsters, send me some.
I have some magic mushrooms in my yard. Supposed you get stomach cramps and puke for half an hour but then go on one hell of a trip.
op’s plants look like wild strawberries. We have them, as well as black raspberries and morel & porcini mushrooms. Good times when nature gives you free food.
I agree with the Virginia creeper faction, at least that is the name that my 97 years old farming grand pa calls it .
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